music, film, chinese food, photography, travel, art in general, transformative experiences, good animation, good storytelling, absurdity, video games, bourbon
bach, 80s pop, old RnB, jazz, classic rock, folk music, rap/hip-hop, talking heads, prince, belle and sebastian, dire straits, zappa, oldies, stravinsky, varese, berio, boulez, druckman, ligeti, schumann, berlioz, shostakovich, ives, messiaen, the minimalists, microtonality .. pointless to try too hard here.
kubrick, lynch, scorcese, cronenberg, woody allen, coppola, figgis, tim burton, tarantino, morris, mel brooks, pt anderson, bergman, lars von trier, spielberg, hitchcock, warner bros. cartoons, etc... /// barry lyndon, paths of glory, scenes from a marriage, hoop dreams, straight story, mulholland drive, history of violence, fantasia, the loss of sexual innocence, crash (by cronenberg)..
south park, mr. show, ren and stimpy, cops, married with children, the simpsons, letterman, leno sucks, conan, curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld.
the name of the rose, travels in hyperreality and other books by umberto eco, mr. palomar and all other books by italo calvino, infinite jest and other books by d.f. wallace, i liked nicholson baker for a time, (got tired of) dave eggers and mcsweeneys sometimes, mary karr, white noise, comics (calvin and hobbes, far side, mutts, jimmy corrigan, frank miller etc), photography books, essays on language and media